Belfast news

• New Year Honours 2019: Willie John McBride and Harry Gregg recognised

  28-12-2018 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland rugby great Willie John McBride and Manchester United goalkeeping legend Harry Gregg are recognised in the New Years Honours.
  
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• Northern Ireland New Year Honours 2019- Full list

  28-12-2018 23:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New Year 2019 Honours List - Northern Ireland:
  
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• New Year Honours: Two Northern Ireland sporting greats and province's first female firefighter receive honours from the Queen

  28-12-2018 23:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Northern Ireland sporting greats and the region's first female firefighter are among those set to receive honours from the Queen.
  
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• Elite League: Riley hits hat-trick as Giants beat Lightning to go top

  28-12-2018 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Blair Riley bags a treble as Belfast Giants hammer MK Lightning 5-1 at the SSE Arena to return to the top of the Elite League.
  
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• Rocks on road after minor landslide in County Londonderry

  28-12-2018 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  There has been a minor landslide at Seacoast Road, between Downhill and Benone beaches.
  
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• Bus workers attacked on Glider in west Belfast

  28-12-2018 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  A driver was hit with a brick and a ticket inspector dragged off the bus by a group of youths.
  
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• Driver hit with brick by gang of youths during attack on Glider bus in west Belfast

  28-12-2018 18:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bus driver and ticket inspector have been attacked by a gang of youths while working on a Glider bus in west Belfast.
  
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• Bus driver hit with brick by gang of youths during attack on Glider bus in west Belfast

  28-12-2018 18:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bus driver and ticket inspector have been attacked by a gang of youths while working on a Glider bus in west Belfast.
  
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• Firefighters deal with blaze at Belfast city centre bar - Belfast Telegraph

  28-12-2018 18:04
  Firefighters deal with blaze at Belfast city centre bar  Belfast TelegraphFirefighters have been called to a blaze at the Hercules Bar in Belfast city centre. The Northern Ireland Fire *Service* was called to the premises on Castle Street ...
  
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• Firefighters deal with blaze at Belfast city centre bar

  28-12-2018 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters have been called to a blaze at the Hercules Bar in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Runner found dead after Mourne Mountains search

  28-12-2018 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A male runner has died in the Mourne Mountains.
  
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• Shot fired at house in 'reckless attack' in Lurgan

  28-12-2018 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The shooting happened at a house in the Connolly Place area of Lurgan.
  
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• Bus workers attacked on Glider in west Belfast - BBC News

  28-12-2018 17:12
  Bus workers attacked on Glider in west Belfast  BBC NewsA bus driver and ticket inspector were kept in hospital overnight after being attacked on a Glider in west Belfast on Thursday night. The ticket inspector was ...
  
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• Zog live show coming to Belfast in 2019 - Belfast Live

  28-12-2018 16:38
  Zog live show coming to Belfast in 2019  Belfast LiveThe stage adaptation will be performed at the Waterfront Hall next year.
  
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• Margaret Thatcher was the 'quintessential hate figure', says Mary Lou McDonald

  28-12-2018 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Mary Lou McDonald says she hates Thatcher politics but social media comments after her death were "most unfair".
  
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• Scramblers in Belfast could result in ‘another death’ - Belfast Live

  28-12-2018 16:04
  Scramblers in Belfast could result in ‘another death’  Belfast LiveA number of incidents have been reported to police.
  
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• Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018: Not so Belfast, fight for the common good, stroke survivor - Bangor Daily News

  28-12-2018 16:00
  Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018: Not so Belfast, fight for the common good, stroke survivor  Bangor Daily NewsLetters to the editor for Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018: Not so Belfast, fight for the common good, stroke survivor.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and ...
  
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• Mary Robinson 'dismayed' at backlash over meeting with 'troubled' Arab princess

  28-12-2018 15:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Irish President Mary Robinson has issued a statement after she came under fire for describing a "missing" Arabian princess as a “troubled young woman” following a meeting between the pair at the behest of her family to help solve a “dilemma”.
  
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• Leaked emails show Meghan Markle 'marijuana wedding favour'

  28-12-2018 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leaked emails have reportedly revealed Meghan Markle's plans to include marijuana in guests' gift bags at her wedding to first husband Trevor Engelson.
  
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• Ambulance catches fire at Daisy Hill hospital

  28-12-2018 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The vehicle fire at Daisy Hill was caused by an "electrical fault". There were no injuries.
  
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• Video: Investigation launched after Ambulance destroyed in fire

  28-12-2018 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An ambulance has been destroyed in a blaze after catching fire outside a hospital in Newry.
  
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• Some Belfast bins won't be collected for up to a month - BBC News

  28-12-2018 14:14
  Some Belfast bins won't be collected for up to a month  BBC NewsResidents in some parts of Belfast will not have their blue recycling bins collected for up to a month due to staffing issues. Bins were not collected before ...
  
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• Man hit on the head with hatchet at house in Saintfield

  28-12-2018 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The man was attacked after opening the door to three men, two of whom were armed with bars and one with a hatchet.
  
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• Shot fired through window of house in Co Armagh

  28-12-2018 13:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shot has been fired through the window of a house in Co Armagh.
  
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• Man cut after hatchet-wielding gang invade Co Down home

  28-12-2018 13:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has received a cut to the head after a gang wielding bars and a hatchet broke into his Co Down home.
  
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• Fianna Fail politician behind botched Northern Ireland candidate launch says 'greater good was served'

  28-12-2018 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Fianna Fail TD behind a scuppered attempt to run a candidate in Northern Ireland's local elections has said the "greater good was served" and he has no regrets about the incident - despite it resulting in his being sacked from his party's front bench.
  
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• Royal Mail sorry over D-Day commemorative stamp error

  28-12-2018 12:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Royal Mail has apologised over a stamp design planned to commemorate the D-Day landings which actually showed US troops on a beach in Asia.
  
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• Eamonn Holmes' Twitter account hacked

  28-12-2018 12:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Twitter accounts belonging to celebrities including Louis Theroux, Eamonn Holmes and Saira Khan were hacked on Thursday to expose a security flaw on the social network.
  
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• Belfast residents face four-week wait for bin collection - Council blames 'staffing levels'

  28-12-2018 12:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has blamed “staffing levels” for a disruption to bin collections over the festive season, which has left residents outraged and facing a potential four-week wait for collection and festive rubbish piling up.
  
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• Foyle Search and Rescue volunteers see marked increase in 2018 rescues

  28-12-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A search and rescue organisation that has saved almost 4,000 lives since its inception, has seen a marked increase in callouts in 2018.
  
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• Ambulance destroyed after reports of 'explosion' at Northern Ireland hospital

  28-12-2018 11:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An ambulance has been destroyed in a blaze after catching fire outside a hospital in Newry.
  
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• Threat to Belfast HMV store as reports mount retailer on brink of administration - Belfast Telegraph

  28-12-2018 10:37
  Threat to Belfast HMV store as reports mount retailer on brink of administration  Belfast TelegraphThe jobs of around 2200 HMV staff could be at risk after reports the music retailer could enter administration for the second time in six years.
  
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• Hunt urges EU to offer further Irish border assurances to get Brexit deal through Parliament

  28-12-2018 10:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt has warned the EU must provide further assurances over the Irish border backstop if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is to get through Parliament.
  
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• Hunt urges EU to offer further assurances to get Brexit deal through Parliament

  28-12-2018 10:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt has warned the EU must provide further assurances over the Irish border backstop if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is to get through Parliament.
  
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• Threat to Belfast HMV store as reports mount retailer on brink of administration

  28-12-2018 10:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The jobs of around 2,200 HMV staff could be at risk after reports the music retailer could enter administration for the second time in six years.
  
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• Pedestrian (71) hit by 4x4 suffers serious injuries

  28-12-2018 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after a crash in Co Londonderry which left a 71-year-old pedestrian with serious injuries.
  
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• Historic Belfast church rings in changes as congregation moves after 190 years - Belfast Telegraph

  28-12-2018 09:39
  Historic Belfast church rings in changes as congregation moves after 190 years  Belfast TelegraphOne of Belfast's most historic churches will be ringing out the old - as well as ringing in the new - on Sunday. A special Dawning Of A New Era *service* at May ...
  
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• Car set alight after crash in West Belfast - Belfast Live

  28-12-2018 09:35
  Car set alight after crash in West Belfast  Belfast LiveA car was set alight after a crash in West Belfast that could have resulted in a 'fatality'. The vehicle smashed into a pelican crossing on the Springfield Road at ...
  
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• The Lions Club of Port Fairy Belfast Art Show and Textiles display has begun - Warrnambool Standard

  28-12-2018 09:00
  The Lions Club of Port Fairy Belfast Art Show and Textiles display has begun  Warrnambool StandardArt and textiles show launches with style in Port Fairy.
  
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• Belfast residents face four-week wait for bin collection - Council blames 'staffing levels' - Belfast Telegraph

  28-12-2018 09:00
  Belfast residents face four-week wait for bin collection - Council blames 'staffing levels'  Belfast TelegraphBelfast City Council has blamed “staffing levels” for a disruption to bin collections over the festive season, which has left residents outraged and facing a ...
  
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• Wife of Deane Burrell (37) who died on Christmas Day says he was a 'doting daddy'

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A popular father-of-two from Co Armagh will be laid to rest tomorrow following his sudden death on Christmas Day.
  
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• Tributes to pedestrian Terry Fox killed in Armagh crash

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a father-of-three from Co Armagh who died after being hit by a car in the early hours of yesterday morning.
  
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• State papers: UVF and IRA 'held talks on federal Ireland' in 1988

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UVF held secret talks with the IRA army council in 1988 to discuss the prospect of a federal Ireland, state papers in Dublin have claimed.
  
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• State papers: Clinton's invite to Adams provoked furious response from PM Major's private secretary

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The extent of fury within the British Government at the decision of then US President Bill Clinton to allow Gerry Adams into America has been laid bare in newly-released files.
  
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• Over 3,000 Northern Ireland petrol station drive-offs but only 37 prosecutions

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 3,000 petrol station drive-offs were reported to the PSNI in a year.
  
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• Liam Hillen, painter of famous 'Free Derry' slogan, dies aged 69

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The man who first painted 'You Are Now Entering Free Derry' on a gable wall in the city has died.
  
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• Historic Belfast church rings in changes as congregation moves after 190 years

  28-12-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Belfast's most historic churches will be ringing out the old - as well as ringing in the new - on Sunday.
  
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